Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun prp] 's [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is interesting to compare Ferguson 's reaction to Vidor 's film with his reaction at much the same time to the newly released It Happened One Night , which Frank Capra had directed for Columbia . |
| 2 | Quickly she turned her head to see David 's reaction to seeing his ex-fiancée again after such a long time . |
| 3 | Edward was clearly , and not surprisingly , of considerable interest in Normandy at this date , and William of Jumièges would have had a motive for inventing Robert 's expedition against England , to increase Edward 's debt to the Normans in general and William 's father in particular . |
| 4 | It urged Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi to accept Beye 's invitation to a meeting in Libreville , Gabon , with African heads of state . |
| 5 | It urged Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi to accept Beye 's invitation to a meeting in Libreville , Gabon , with African heads of state . |
| 6 | In a bid to encourage councillors the company has offered to increase Darlington 's commission to 12.5pc . |
| 7 | Mr Lytham , however , when he called at the nursing-home to obtain Dorothy 's signature to her will , was far from happy when his client told him the content of the letter . |
| 8 | The council thus had little choice but to accept Gloucester 's claim to be protector . |
| 9 | The council thus had little choice but to accept Gloucester 's claim to be protector . |
| 10 | The International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) Executive Board approved on Aug. 5 a US$1,040 million drawing by Russia over five months , intended to replenish Russian foreign currency reserves and to support Russia 's transition to a market economy . |
| 11 | The speech was also was meant to lay the groundwork for what Mr Christopher said would be a comprehensive strategy to support Russia 's transition to democracy and free markets . |
| 12 | In January 1952 Acheson resorted to a vivid analogy as he tried to open Churchill 's mind to the need for new policies . |
| 13 | Imposture is shown in Ackroyd 's novel , in this burlesque of the literary life , to be an interesting business , but it is unlikely to cause Chatterton 's reputation to inch back towards what it was in the retrospects of the Romantic period . |
| 14 | As individuals are we willing to answer Jesus 's call to be disciples , to be bearers of the Good News or do we cling to our security and proclaim our poverty of spirit ? |
| 15 | However romanticized that account may be , it remains true that , whether through loyalty , vision or ambition for himself , Zborowski trudged the streets of Paris trying to sell Modigliani 's work to dealers , critics and collectors . |
| 16 | It is good to remember Spurgeon 's call to his students on this subject : |
| 17 | Tendulkar hit 165 , the highest score of his precocious career to lead India 's charge to 560 for six declared . |
| 18 | The most likely explanation of the episode is that it was a pre-emptive strike , designed to smooth Gloucester 's way to the throne . |
| 19 | The most likely explanation of the episode is that it was a pre-emptive strike , designed to smooth Gloucester 's way to the throne . |
| 20 | The congress , which will last between seven and ten days , is supposed to chart Vietnam 's future to the year 2000 and beyond . |
| 21 | She leaned forward to see Matilda 's reaction to Guy 's brutal logic just as he turned his head slightly in her direction , as though he sensed her watching him . |
| 22 | The sheriff 's reply sounded clearly in the hushed corridor , impressing the assembled kids and seeming to confirm Grant 's claim to be part of an official police operation — if any needed convincing after seeing one of the feared Apostles being dragged unconscious into an empty cubicle . |
| 23 | But it went further than that : Ceauşescu was anxious to assert Romania 's claim to be among the leaders of the underdeveloped countries . |
| 24 | Along with other newspapers , the New York Times had signalled the change of tack a year earlier , on 10 October 1990 , shortly before President George Bush met President Hafez Assad to discuss Syria 's contribution to the multinational task force confronting Saddam Hussein in the Gulf . |
| 25 | The North Atlantic Council , the highest authority of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) , met on Aug. 19 to discuss NATO 's response to the coup . |
| 26 | The comic duo , soon to star in Branagh 's new film Peter 's Friends , are seen setting sail for New York in Episode One to escape Bertie 's marriage to the unspeakable Honoria Glossop , but danger lurks among their fellow first-class passengers . |
| 27 | Kirov was to advance Vologsky 's flight to early July . |
| 28 | On March 1 a vigil was held in Sofia by several hundred people holding open umbrellas to protest at the failure of the authorities to fulfil Lilov 's promise to Annabel Markov . |
| 29 | The common secret of their fiction , in brief , was to put Wodehouse 's gaiety to a serious purpose , and it was a secret they were happy as strangers to share . |
| 30 | The devil in such details could come to infect Germany 's attitude to the EC as a whole . |